Saya hanya ingin menekankan bahwa bahkan sebelum kita berhasil untuk bertemu dengan para aktivis, kami mengadakan perjalanan panjang penuh dengan hambatan dari pemerintah Israel. We knew about the first sixteen detainees that were in Israeli custody and detention that were taken already on Monday, and already when we knew about that, we started to apply in order to meet them, and we were all the time refused.
Kami tahu tentang enam belas tahanan pertama yang ditahan Israel dan penahanan yang sudah diambil pada hari Senin, dan sudah saat kita tahu tentang itu, kami mulai menerapkan untuk bertemu dengan mereka, dan kami semua waktu menolak. When we knew that they arrived, that all the flotilla or most of the flotilla have arrived to Ashdod, a port, I also went there and also asked to meet the detainees, because they of course have the right to meet a lawyer in order to inform them about their legal rights, etc. I was also refused.
Ketika kita tahu bahwa mereka tiba, bahwa semua atau sebagian besar armada armada telah tiba ke Asdod, sebuah port, saya juga pergi ke sana dan juga diminta untuk memenuhi tahanan, karena mereka tentu saja memiliki hak untuk bertemu pengacara untuk menginformasikan mereka tentang hak-hak hukum mereka, dll saya juga menolak. The argument then was that the whole port for this action was a closed military zone, and no entrance was allowed.
Argumen kemudian adalah bahwa seluruh port untuk tindakan ini adalah sebuah zona militer tertutup, pintu masuk dan tidak diizinkan. So we were told that we can get only on the next day, the next day when they will all be brought to prison. And so that’s what we ~ and so that’s what we did. We got there the next day in the morning, but unfortunately, and in contrast to what they have told us, we were there at around 9:30 in the morning, but they told us no lawyers are allowed. It’s only a day for diplomats, and none of the organizations can take in.
Jadi, kami diberitahu bahwa kita bisa mendapatkan hanya pada hari berikutnya, hari berikutnya ketika mereka semua akan dibawa ke penjara. Dan itulah yang kami ~ dan itulah yang kami lakukan. Kami tiba di sana keesokan harinya di pagi hari, tapi sayangnya, dan berbeda dengan apa yang telah mereka mengatakan kepada kami, kami berada di sana sekitar 9:30 pagi, tetapi mereka mengatakan tidak ada pengacara yang diizinkan. Itu hanya hari bagi para diplomat, dan tidak ada organisasi dapat mengambil masuk However, I am very happy, actually, that we insisted and we stayed there despite their responses, because eventually, around 1:00, we were able to enter. Despite that, they left us, like, for another two hours. So, actually, there were lots of obstacles, when eventually we succeeded to enter. We started.....
Namun, saya sangat senang, benar-benar, bahwa kita bersikeras dan kami tinggal di sana meskipun tanggapan mereka, karena pada akhirnya, sekitar 1:00, kami bisa masuk.Meskipun demikian, mereka meninggalkan kami, seperti, selama dua jam. Jadi, sebenarnya, ada banyak hambatan, ketika akhirnya kami berhasil masuk. Kami mulai ..... AMY GOODMAN: Sawsan, before we hear from you the stories, we just got Huwaida Arraf back on the line ~
AMY GOODMAN: Sawsan, sebelum kami mendengar dari Anda cerita, kami baru saja Huwaida Arraf kembali ke telepon ~ SAWSAN ZAHER: Yeah, sure.
SAWSAN Zaher: Ya, tentu. AMY GOODMAN: ~ and it’s very difficult to get her. So I just wanted to go, Huwaida, to you, as you were in this aid flotilla.Describe what happened to you and the people you were imprisoned with, the stories that you heard, and now what’s happening with the ship that is coming in, another part of the aid flotilla.
AMY GOODMAN: ~ dan itu sangat sulit untuk mendapatkannya. Jadi saya hanya ingin pergi, Huwaida, untuk Anda, ketika Anda berada di ini armada bantuan.Jelaskan apa yang terjadi padamu dan orang-orang yang dipenjara, dengan cerita yang Anda dengar, dan sekarang apa yang terjadi dengan kapal yang datang , bagian lain dari armada bantuan. HUWAIDA ARRAF: Sure, I’ll tell you what I can. Thank you for having me, Amy.
HUWAIDA ARRAF: Tentu, aku akan memberi tahu Anda apa yang saya bisa. Terima kasih karena telah saya, Amy. I was on the Challenger ship, which is the American flag vessel, and we were one of six ships that were on the flotilla. At approximately midnight, the Israeli navy started radioing us, asking for information, which we supplied to them, as to who we are, what flag we were flying under, where we came from, where we were going.
Aku berada di Challenger kapal, yang merupakan kapal bendera Amerika, dan kami adalah salah satu dari enam kapal yang ada di armada tersebut. Sekitar tengah malam, angkatan laut Israel mulai radioing kami, meminta informasi, yang kita diberikan kepada mereka, untuk siapa kita, apa bendera kami terbang di bawah, dari mana kita berasal, di mana kami akan pergi. Then they started issuing threats against us, demanding that we turn around and saying that they would be willing to use all necessary force in order to enforce the blockade on Gaza. To this, we replied that the blockade is illegal, and we are unarmed civilians, we are carrying only humanitarian aid, and therefore they would not be justified in using force against us. And we urged them over and over again not to use force against us as we continue on our way to Gaza.